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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pyce worry Patel will do?
(a) Cut Pyce's children off from any inheritance.
(b) Cause legal problems for Pyce.
(c) Make Patal's sister divorce Pyce.
(d) Cut Pyce off from funds.

2. What is in Uppadaya?
(a) A scavenge house.
(b) An illegal drug market.
(c) An illegal slave market.
(d) Where Richard is going to send word to Nita's people.

3. Where does Nailer encounter Richard Lopez?
(a) On the bridge wing.
(b) In the galley.
(c) In the machine room.
(d) On the poop deck.

4. What does Nailer convince Knot to do?
(a) Let Nailer run errands.
(b) Let Nailer maintain the fires.
(c) Ask the Captain for another job.
(d) Give Nailer reading lessons.

5. What does Pyce seek?
(a) A way to bring down Nita's father completely.
(b) A good marriage match for Nita.
(c) A cure for his wife's illness.
(d) Power over Nita's father's company.

6. Where does Nita say they need to go?
(a) About forty kilometers north from where they are.
(b) To see a friend in Pontacharine.
(c) About 100 kilometers west.
(d) The other side of the lake.

7. Who is with Richard?
(a) Sadna.
(b) Pima.
(c) Tool.
(d) Nita.

8. Where do Nailer and the others with him run?
(a) Toward a train headed for Mobility.
(b) Toward a train headed for Houston.
(c) Toward a train headed for Orleans.
(d) Toward a train headed for an unknown destination.

9. Who does Nailer bring to be with him?
(a) No one.
(b) Tool.
(c) Bapti.
(d) Sadna and Pima.

10. Which ship has Nita seen?
(a) The Monitor.
(b) The Dauntless.
(c) The Iron Mountain.
(d) The Constitution.

11. What does Nailer notice that frightens him?
(a) Lucky Girl is frightened.
(b) Pima is frightened.
(c) His father is not around.
(d) Blue Eyes is sharpening her machete.

12. Why is it obvious the scavenge has gone well?
(a) The clothing the crew is wearing.
(b) Nothing is obvious to Nailer about the scavenge.
(c) The food the crew is eating.
(d) The way the crew is swaggering.

13. How does Nailer respond to his father?
(a) Turns away.
(b) Tells Richard Nailer hopes he suffers before he dies.
(c) Tries to free him, but it's too late.
(d) Spits on him.

14. Who is Reynolds?
(a) The cook.
(b) The crewmember to whom Nailer speaks about a job.
(c) The boatswain's mate.
(d) The captain's first mate.

15. How much had the crew been betting?
(a) 50 Blue British.
(b) 10 Green Canadian.
(c) 10 red Chinese.
(d) 50 red Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. How will the group get to where they need to go?

2. Who is in the attic when Nailer gets up there?

3. How does Tool compare himself to the rest of his breed?

4. How does Nailer lose his pistol?

5. What happens as Tool is walking towards Nita and Nailer?

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